ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks announced Monday they have signed forward Dylan Windler to a two-way contract. The 6-foot-7 Windler has played in a combined 11 games this season with the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks. The 27-year-old Windler has averaged 3.1 points and 2.1 rebounds in his four-year NBA career, including
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Right-wing attorney Kenneth Chesebro, who helped devise the Trump campaign’s fake electors plot, continued proposing ways to overturn the 2020 presidential election even after the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, according to texts and emails made public Monday as part of a lawsuit. The
Continue ReadingALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some guns will be banned at voting locations, and the waiting period for purchasing firearms is being extended to seven days under measures signed into law by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The second-term Democrat visited a school Monday in Albuquerque where she signed four public safety measures that were passed by
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Two years ago, Russell Wilson exuberantly declared he intended to play a dozen years in Denver and double the trio of Lombardi Trophies in the Broncos’ lobby. General manager George Paton was equally dizzy, thrilled to send four premium draft picks and three players
Continue ReadingCLOQUET, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say the man who fatally shot a Super 8 hotel clerk and a guest in a small Minnesota town doesn’t appear to have had any connection with the victims. Cloquet Police said Monday that it doesn’t appear that 32-year-old Nicholas Elliot Lenius, of Ramsey, knew either of the people he
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have invited the prime minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, to address a joint meeting of Congress on April 11. The leaders in their invitation say the relationship between the U.S. and Japan has proven to be a force for good and a catalyst for prosperity.
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Republican-dominated Kentucky House has voted to remove any role for the state’s Democratic governor in deciding who would occupy a U.S. Senate seat if a vacancy occurred in the home state of Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. The legislation calls for a special election to
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss just his third game of the season Monday night when the Milwaukee Bucks host the Los Angeles Clippers. Bucks coach Doc Rivers announced during his pregame availability that Antetokounmpo wouldn’t be available. The Bucks’ injury report listed the two-time MVP as questionable due to left Achilles tendinitis. Rivers
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Eleven people were hurt in a single day after trying to climb over a wall that separates Mexico and the United States and falling on the San Diego side, the latest such injuries since the wall was heightened to deter illegal crossings. Ten people ranging in age from 18 to the
Continue ReadingBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer’s 42-year-old son has pleaded not guilty to charges related to the events that preceded the pursuit and crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy in December, but he still hasn’t entered a plea on the more serious homicide and fleeing charges. Ian Cramer appeared remotely in
Continue ReadingBy ASTRID SUÁREZ and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Migrants bound for the U.S. are once again crossing the Darien Gap in large numbers, officials in Colombia said on Monday, after being stranded for much of last week in a small town along the country’s Caribbean coast due to a work stoppage
Continue ReadingSANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A suspect was killed and four deputies were hurt after exchanging gunfire during a car chase that ended with a violent crash north of San Francisco early Monday, authorities said. The deputies responded following reports of a man brandishing a rifle in unincorporated west Santa Rosa, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally and order them to leave the country is headed to the Supreme Court in a legal showdown over the federal government’s authority over immigration. An order issued Monday by Justice Samuel Alito puts
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gun violence prevention advocates are calling on Utah Gov. Spencer Cox to veto legislation that they say could place children in harm’s way by training more teachers to carry firearms on campus. They gathered Monday at the Utah State Capitol to voice their concerns. The
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally and order them to leave the country is headed to the Supreme Court in a legal showdown over the federal government’s authority over immigration. An order issued Monday by Justice Samuel Alito puts
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Tennis meets Pickleball fun in the desert at the 20th Anniversary Desert Smash. Professional Pickleball players and tennis stars are expected to attend the two-day tournament. Colton Underwood, David Dobrik, Wes Burrows, and Sam Querrey are the emcees of the tournament. It is a tournament for a cause. “Well, does this mass bring together Hollywood
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says a civilian U.S. Air Force employee has been charged in federal court in Nebraska with transmitting classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign online dating platform. David Franklin Slater was arrested Saturday on charges of illegally disclosing national defense information and conspiring to do so.
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA SURK and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a woman’s right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy The historic move was proposed by President Emmanuel Macron as a way to
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Stella McCartney presented a sustainability-minded showcase at Paris Fashion Week. With the support of luxury conglomerate LVMH and a front row featuring Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, she highlighted the fashion industry’s environmental impact. Her fall-winter 2024 collection emphasized that glamour can coexist with environmental responsibility.
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris met on Monday with a member of Israel’s wartime Cabinet who came to Washington in defiance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the Biden administration intensifies its efforts to push more humanitarian aid into war-battered Gaza. White House
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